Cigar-mold



(Model.) 2 sheets-sheet 1.

` P. C. MILLER.

` GIGAR MoLD.

No. 329.196. Patented oct'. 2v. 1885.

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2 SheetsK-Sheet 2. P. C. MILLER.

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GIGAR MOLD.

' which my invent-ion overcomes.

.NITE/D :STATES FREDRICKG-MILLER, OF NEWPORT, KENTUCKY.

BPECIFECATIOIN forming-part of Letters Patent No. 329,196, date'October 27; 1885.

Application filed November 3, 1884. Serial No. 147,128. (Model.)

ythe fol-lowing isa-specication.

My invention relates to those cigar-molds which are provided .with lower .members .di-

yvided longitudinallyA transverse .of the cups into body and end portions and mountedupon bases toswhich theI end portionsare perma-- nently secured and the body portions movably secured to elevate the fillers from ythe end por-y tions. Y

My invention also relates to those cigarmolds in which the upper members-.are Vraised from one end to remove them from their lower members.

As'heretofore constructed, it has been the custom to form the first-named molds with a lower member provided with a base having a longitudinal and vertical back piece, the body portion of the lower member being hinged to the upper inner corner of the back piece, thus occupying the space and seating between the back piece and end portion. There are disadvantages arising from this construction Where the back piece is employed, it closes the rear ends of the cups in the lower member. The body portion is liable to wedge or get iixed between it and the end portion, and the fillers cannot extend beyond the ends ofthe cups contiguous to the back piece, as customaryin other molds. In the other form of mold referred to I have found that the working of the lever to openthe mold endwise has rapidly destroyed the upper vmember by cutting into and splitting it. In my present invention I have combined with such end-opening molds a provision to prevent this rapid destruction, and which effectually overcomes the present only objection vision between the body and end portions of the lower member, permitsf the llers -to extend beyond` the cups,- asgformerly, and has lnothing to interfere with thevreadyfremoval of the body portion.

Myimprovementv consists, further, inapplying aY metallic wear-plate to the underside of the lid of the upper member, orata corresponding point on the lowerwmembergor at both places, to `receive the lever employedto pry open a `mold which is separated endwise after the illersare pressed. v y

In order that my invention. may. be-.more fully understood, I will proceed to zdescribe it with 'reference to the,accompanyingdrawings in which-h Figure I is aplanr view-of the two members separated. Figfll isa perspective'view of one end of the mold. Fig. III is a transverse section of the same, showing the body portion hinged to the base and raised to permit the manipulation or withdrawal of the lfillers by their tips. l I

l represents the base of the mold, on which is mounted the hard-wood end or tip portion, 2, of the lower member, in which are formed the cavities for the points of the fillers or bunches. The hard-wood blocks 3, in. which are formed the cavities for the butt-ends of the fillers or bunches, are mounted upon a thin backing, et, connected by hinges 5 to the side of the base 1. The blocks and thin backing form the body portion of the lower member. Recesses 6 for the forefingers are formed in the ends of the lower portion of the mold. This construction is such that after the fillers or bunches have been pressed and the upper member removed the hinged body portion 3 4 of the lower member may be raised on or elevated from the base by placing the thumbs upon the ends 7 of the end portion, 2, and the foreiingers in the recesses 6 provided therefor in the ends of the lower portion of the mold. When raised into the position shown in Fig. III, the cigar iillers or bunches can be easily removed from their cavities without liability to breakage. In other respects the mold may be used in the same manner as those ordinarily in use, the advantage over the ordinary molds being in the capacity for more rapid and safe removal of the f1llers from their cavities.

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No springs or catches need be employed to hold the 4two parts of the lower member together. The dowel-pins S are fixed in the movable body portion 3 4 of the lower me1nber, and are made of sufficient length to engage not only with the lid ofthe upper member, but with the base l of the mold beneath the body portion 3 4 of the lower member. All parts are thus held in perfect contact with each other, so much so that if need be the hinges for fixing the body portion and base together may be dispensed with.

At theend of the upper member or lid, to which the force necessary for holding down the body portion to its seat and separating the upper member from the lower member is applied endwise, I have fixed an iron or other metallic plate, 9, to serve as a protection against wear of that part of the member When the mold is filled with tobacco and tightly pressed, the two members are apt to become closely wedged together, so as to necessitate the use of an opening-lever inserted between the ends of the two members. Such -a lever rapidly wears out the lid of the mold unless a protector, such as I have devised and described above, is applied. A plate may also be fixed to the end ofthe lower member immediately under the upper one, although the wear at this point is much less than at the lid.

Having thus described my invention, the following is what l claim as new therein and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

l. A cigar-mold consisting of a base, end 35 portion securedpermanently to the base, body portion secured at the bottom to the top of the base and removable therefrom, and an upper member, substantially as set forth.

2. A cigar-mold consisting of a base, end portion secured permanently to the base, body portion 3 4, hinged at the bottom directly to the rear upper corner of the base, and an upper member, substantially as set forth.

3. A cigar-mold consisting of base l, end portion, 2, secured permanently vto the base, body portion 3 4, secured movably to the base, upper member, and dowel-pins 8, secured to the body portion, and by which the base and upper members `are engaged with the body portion, substantially as set forth.

4. A cigar-mold consisting of akbase, l, and movable body portion 3 4, having forelingerrecesses 6 at the ends thereof, end portion, 2, permanently secured to the base and having thumb-recesses 7, and an upper member, substantially as set forth.

5. A cigar-mold consisting Aof a base, l, end portion, body portion 3 4, and upper member having a meta-l plate, 9, at the opening end of the mold, the body portion and end portion being recessed to admit a lever for opening the mold endwise, substantially as shown and described.

FREDRICK C. MILLER. Witnesses:

N. DU BRUL, A. F. WnNznL. 

